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selkie at 09:57am on 23/10/2006
selkie at 09:57am on 23/10/2006So I've decided to concoct my own little e-zine for the local queer community. I'm ditching the religion and politics to focus on things like window gardening, dining out, cocktail recipes, party tips, media reviews, and grilling out illegally. There may also be a 'Best Dressed Small Dog' column to lure the men of Dupont Circle.
Questions? Comments? Offers to contribute?
Because who really wants to read more about the Foley scandal?
I was reading the Blade this morning (yes, it's really called that) because I had ferreted the .0001 nanoparagraph of substance and the Pearls Before Swine out of the WPE before the bus pulled up, and I was, I have to say, put off and disgusted by the Blade's aggressively polarised writing on, oh, everything.
It's just wrong when a magazine for a community that can only win its battles as a unified front? Is divided by bickering and infighting in its own pages. It's disheartening. 'You're wrong.'"No, you're wrong." 'You suck.' "No, you suck!" ...It's just yucky. There weren't any articles that didn't have to do with one person's poorly researched sound-off on a political or religious point. I understand that our rights are being violated every day! I understand that the gay community outside of NoVA is in a tenuous sociopolitical position! But whining? It's not what I want from my community paper.
Also, you have to remember to pluck out the skin-and-sin section before getting on the bus.
Questions? Comments? Offers to contribute?
Because who really wants to read more about the Foley scandal?
I was reading the Blade this morning (yes, it's really called that) because I had ferreted the .0001 nanoparagraph of substance and the Pearls Before Swine out of the WPE before the bus pulled up, and I was, I have to say, put off and disgusted by the Blade's aggressively polarised writing on, oh, everything.
It's just wrong when a magazine for a community that can only win its battles as a unified front? Is divided by bickering and infighting in its own pages. It's disheartening. 'You're wrong.'"No, you're wrong." 'You suck.' "No, you suck!" ...It's just yucky. There weren't any articles that didn't have to do with one person's poorly researched sound-off on a political or religious point. I understand that our rights are being violated every day! I understand that the gay community outside of NoVA is in a tenuous sociopolitical position! But whining? It's not what I want from my community paper.
Also, you have to remember to pluck out the skin-and-sin section before getting on the bus.
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So, questions, in order of them occurring to me: How do you plan on distinguishing yourself from sites like gayWdc.com and the Blade and Metro Weekly websites? How big of a project are thinking of? How often will you update? How many people are you hoping to have on the project?
Anyway, I like the idea a lot, and wanted to say "go for it!"
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Not from Rufus Wainwright!
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